Archive for Family
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Ella’s Kitchen
It’s November and everything is turkey. Do you have lots of turkey leftover after the big meal? Here are some ideas to use up that turkey. My children tired of turkey soup and turkey casseroles so one year about 40 years ago, they came up with turkey nachos. It is now one of our traditions. Enjo...
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Just Saying…
The Ghosts of Turkeys Past By Q.C. Jones Nothing says November like the turkey. As a large part of my elementary education brainwashing involved dozens of exercises which revolved around this remarkable fowl. Scrounging around in that quite disorganized and junked up heap of memories called QC...
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Hostess with the Mostest: Thanksgiving Edition
By Melissa Jaeger RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (515) 695-3773 mjaeger@hy-vee.com Hosting friends and family this Thanksgiving? Hosting can have its perks – HELLO, not having to drive in any snowy cold conditions – but it can certainly cause additional stress. While I can’t help ...
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Small Town America
Part 1 of a two-part tale of travels in scenic central Iowa By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Travel is about the wonderful feeling of teetering in the unknown”.......Anthony Bourdain Those of you who follow this publication know that Gary and I love to travel in our motor home. It gives us an ...
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15th CASI Holiday Hat Bash
By Gwen Tombergs Chair of CASI’s 2023 Hat Bash Fifteen years ago, a letter from a senior whose only Christmas gift was delivered by a CASI staff member spurred a movement. Lenora never knew how she impacted thousands of seniors who needed Christmas gifts and low-income senior services. Her let...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Treasuring Thanksgiving Memories and Traditions By Eloise Graham My early memories of this feast consisted of a noon meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, bread/sage stuffing, sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmallows, homemade rolls and pumpkin pie. Oh, and olives and pickles served in a...
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Embracing Autumn
By Alana Callender The term autumn can be traced back to the ancient Etruscan word autu, which means passing of the year. It is my favorite time of year. In my childhood, shutting up the cabin for the season was a little sad, but what promise the new school year always had. There was the ritua...
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Pumpkin Pie
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Mary Schricker Gemberling is on her annual autumn trip. She has some exciting tales to tell about the first part, but was not finished with the trip before we needed to go to press. So she asked to reprint one of her fall favorites. Enjoy the read from the past and loo...
